Gastrointestinal System Anatomy Part 3
Activity
Anatomy Lectures
Anatomy Lectures
Large bowel, blood supply and lymph drainage of the GI system.
Curriculum Block
Endocrinology / Medical Foundation 3 / Part 3
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Objectives
General Objectives
- Identify and describe the large bowel , its length and divisions: cecum, appendix, ascending and descending colon, transverse and sigmoid colon, rectum and anal canal. Understand gross differences between large and small bowel. Blood, nerve supply and lymph drainage of the large bowel with a focus on porto systemic anastomosis at the anal canal.
- Understand internal and external anal sphincters with puborectalis sling and mechanism of defecation.
Tags
Basic Sciences
Anatomy
Curriculum Block
Endocrinology
Medical Foundation 3
Part 3
Curriculum Week
Part 3
Discipline
Gastroenterology
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
MeSH
Anatomy [A]
Digestive System [A03]
Gastrointestinal Tract [A03.556]
Intestine, Large [A03.556.124.526]
Lymph Nodes [A10.549.400]
Portal System [A07.231.908.670]
